Liem and Stukopin Win Bay Area International; Yoo Becomes America’s Youngest IM
2019 kicked off with one of the strongest open tournaments taking place on U.S. soil in 2019: the Bay Area International, a nine round super-swiss…
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Tata Steel Chess Underway with US Champion Shankland in the Mix
Tata Steel Chess (January 11-27) is currently underway in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, with both World Champion Magnus Carlsen, and U.S. Champion Sam…
Results are in at the Pan-Am Chess Champs!
Congrats to Webster University on their seventh straight victory at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championships, held in San Francisco, California from December 27-30. Webster’s…
The Field Thins, Then Widens at PanAms
The 230-player Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in San Francisco continues to run with an efficiency that permits the drama to remain strictly on the boards,…
Americans in Saint Petersburg: Nakamura Tied for 2nd, Tang Climbs
The 2018 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Blitz Championship in St. Petersburg, Russia (Dec 26-28) started out in dramatic fashion as World Champion Magnus Carlsen…
Christmas on the Road: Top U.S. Players Travel to Bay Area and St. Petersburg
US Chess wishes a merry Christmas to all our members and chess devotees, as well as luck and warmth to many of our top players…
Kostya on Coaching the World Cadets: From Medals to London
I got the call to work as a coach for the U.S. National Youth Team back in August, my second time this year and again…
US Scores at Pan American Senior Championships
The 2018 Pan American Veterans [50+] & Senior [65+] Championships were held December 8-13 in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. For the first time ever…
Hikaru Nakamura Crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion
Hikaru Nakamura was crowned Grand Chess Tour Champion on December 17 in London after a tight match against the #2 rated blitz player in the…
Grand Chess Tour Final Set: Nakamura vs. MVL
The Grand Chess Tour finals (December 14-16) are set as American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura will face Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France for the 2018 Grand Chess…
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